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The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territory of Mexico used to contain the entire southwestern United States, and extended as far north as th...

Our latest web index, 1988 Hydraulic Maps of Major Grand Canyon Rapids, is now live and available to the public.   Geographic Coverage: Arizona Date: 1988 Scale: 1:1,000 Physical Availability: in-house only Digital Availability: scanned (600 dpi) This application depi...

As the Sonoran desert and biotic communities of the American southwest begin to bud with warming weather, KJZZ radio reached out to Director Matthew Toro in a recent episode of Saguaro Land (March 29, 2023). Magnified portion of the 1980 Biotic Commun...

The Map and Geospatial Hub at ASU Library has a new project-based student worker position available for Spring/Summer 2022. The posting is officially listed as “Library Aide III” (job ID: 75253BR), but the working title is GIS & Multimedia Research Associate.   The position will support a new p...

View the full Williams-Grand Canyon News article, Dutton’s Atlas: How cartography helped Grand Canyon become grand, written by Joe Giddens, and published on October 12, 2021, at the following URL: https://www.williamsnews.com/news/2021/oct/12/duttons-atlas-how-cartogr…...

View the full ASU News Article, How cartography helped the Grand Canyon become grand, written by Lauren Whitby, and published on September 28, 2021, at the following URL: https://news.asu.edu/20210928-arizona-impact-how-cartography-helped-grand-canyon-become-grand ...

Join the ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub for a hands-on, 2-hour introductory workshop on cartography with GIS. Tuesday, December 1 4:00pm-6:00pm Map and Geospatial Hub [Online via Zoom] Event Registration The focus will be on cartographic fundamentals and the role...

The historic Mapping Grand Canyon Conference to be held at ASU in Spring 2019 will feature three (3) Grand Canyon Map Competitions.  Download the Grand Canyon Map Competition Flyer [pdf format].  Students currently enrolled in a certificate, undergraduate or graduate program from any institution are...

If you haven't yet heard, the Mapping Grand Canyon Conference is scheduled for Thursday, February 28 -- Friday, March 1, 2019.  The dedicated conference website is now live at https://lib.asu.edu/mapping-grand-canyon-conference Mapping Grand Canyon C...